Dallas

Dallas is one of the largest cities in the United States. It is located in the northeastern part of the state of Texas. Dallas lies on the Trinity River, near where the river’s three branches come together.

Dallas is a center of banking, insurance, and publishing. Trade, health care, and business services are also important to the city’s economy. Factories in Dallas make such products as computers, software, processed foods, and clothing.

A lawyer named John Neely Bryan founded Dallas in 1841. The town grew as a center of trade. In the early 1900s one of the world’s largest cotton markets was in Dallas.

In 1930 a huge oil field was discovered in eastern Texas. Dallas grew large and wealthy as a center of the oil industry. During the middle of the 1900s many factories in the city made aircraft for the military.

Dallas’s oil industry declined in the 1980s. However, the city continued to grow. Many high-technology companies established themselves in Dallas in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Population (2010) 1,197,816.

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